New signings Liam Delap, Mamadou Sarr and Dario Essugo are all on the bench this evening, along with returning loanee Andrey Santos as Maresca makes five changes from Wroclaw and keeps faith with Nicolas Jackson in attack. Chelsea will be coming up against a familiar face in the Group D curtain-raiser at a hot and humid Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the form of Olivier Giroud, who is a substitute for LAFC as ex-Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris starts in goal as expected.
